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With more than 30 years of experience, Laetitia Squercioni is specialized in tax law. She has regularly been dealing with matters involving the tax management of the income and personal assets of private individuals (French or foreign) and taxation of companies, providing advice and assistance on litigation. Laetitia gets regularly involved in providing assistance to individuals (managers or company officers notably) to deal with their tax issues (wealth tax, inheritance tax issues in interna...

Xavier Marchand is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Public Law. Xavier, who practices law in Paris, France, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Xavier is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Maria acts as lead counsel in investor-state and commercial arbitration and litigation across a variety of industrial sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, banking, aviation and manufacturing. She also serves as arbitrator.

Marcela Moraru is a partner in the Private Funds Group and a member of the firm’s Private Capital Industry group. Marcela has significant experience in all aspects of international complex fund structures and regulatory advice having focused on private investment funds in France, UK and Luxembourg over the last 15 years. Marcela acts for asset managers in relation to the structuring and establishment of mid-market and large private equity funds, infrastructure funds, debt funds, real es...

François Braud is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law, Environmental Law and Public Law. François, who practices law in Paris, France, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which François is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

François-Luc Simon has extensive experience in commercial law, distribution law and economic law. He intervenes in cases of litigation and as counsel on behalf of retailers and institutional groups in France and internationally. He has also authored numerous publications. Career Co-founder of Simon Associés since Associate lawyer, CABINET Y. MILON, 1996 - 2000 Education CAPA - certificate of aptitude for the legal profession (1995) Doctorate in Law (Prize of the University of Pa...

Capucine Du Pac de Marsoulies is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of International Arbitration. Capucine, who practices law in Paris, France, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Capucine is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Chair of Winston & Strawn's Paris Corporate Practice, Jérôme Herbet has advised French and foreign private and public corporations as well as private equity funds in connection with various domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and stock exchange transactions. He also regularly advises companies for the purposes of corporate finance transactions, including private placements and complex financing structures. Over time, he has participated ...

Jean-François Canat, partner at UGGC Avocats, contributed to the founding of the law firm in 1993. He has been a lawyer for the best part of his life and had various experiences in other law firms. Jean-François Canat’s practice is a rare occurrence in a law firm such as UGGC Avocats and makes him special. Indeed, he is mostly involved in litigation in matters of commercial law and art market law. Its expertise allows him to deal with a great many legal matters, both provi...

The co-head of the Paris-based team specializing in non-profit sector organizations, Lionel DEVIC has developed recognized expertise in the following specific areas : reorganizing the activities and assets (particularly property) of non-profit organizations (merger, mutualization, division into subsidiaries) incorporating complex groups, whether or not they belong to the community-oriented economy, implying the coexistence of separate legal entities (associations, non-commercial and commercia...